Ace: My husband insists, paranoid soul that he is, that there are hordes of spies out there (somewhere) checking on the specific TV programs we are watching. He says we give credibility to such folks as the Octomom by viewing a program on which she’s appearing. He also suggests our political preferences are noted by […]
Ace: My husband insists, paranoid soul that he is, that there are hordes of spies out there (somewhere) checking on the specific TV programs we are watching. He says we give credibility to such folks as the Octomom by viewing a program on which she’s appearing. He also suggests our political preferences are noted by […]
"Some fans are completely uninhibited, they’ll do whatever the hell they want to have a good time,” Rusty Speidel says over the phone. “They get geared up, they tailgate their brains out, they take the extra time out to travel.” Speidel should know. He’s one of the guys behind Rowdy.com, a NASCAR fan site based […]
If it sounds pretty damn boring to sit through a six-hour meeting, called by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in conjunction with the Virginia Department of Historic Resources,
With its academic buildings, hospitals, and support facilities, UVA needs a lot of energy to function.
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By this point, it feels like a broken record: The City of Charlottesville makes a decision regarding McIntire Park, the decision is publicized, outcry ensues, and the city ends up backpedaling. First, it was the softball fields at McIntire Park. Now, it’s the park’s wading pool. Forget about the parkway: It seems like the city […]
There’s something of a local hip-hop renaissance going on right now, and Stack Boyz are at the heart of it. Whether the crowds at a Stack Boyz gig will let that heart keep pumping is another matter.
Usually it’s a good thing to receive a free t-shirt and get your name in the paper, but not if you’re a winner of a Muzzle Award from Charlottesville’s Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression. Each spring members of the Center’s Board of Trustees decide who should be distinguished (around Mr. Jefferson’s […]
The Landmark Hotel—intended to become a 10-story boutique luxury hotel with 101 rooms, a five-star restaurant, and a roof top bar—started as a $30 million project that even the Board of Architectural Review could love. Now, only Mother Nature is working on the skeletal tower that stands as a sardonic reminder of the times.
Since first convening in 2006, the social change advocacy group IMPACT (Interfaith Movement Promoting Action by Congregations Together) has held its so-called Nehemiah Action every March. While the meeting is conducted under the auspices of requiring social justice from local government leaders, the gathering always has a festive feel. This year, the mood was perfectly […]